Wiki topic outline


Learning Objective:

  • we are learning to...
  • success criteria: what I'm looking for is...

Investing:

  • This is useful because...
  • A functional (real-life) application is...
  • This skill leads to...
  • A 'free gift' with this skill is that we can now also...
  • This could help you if you want to work in...

Preparing:

  • Are we ready? Can you already... ?
  • Let's be sure you can...
  • Before you start you need to know:
  • Recently we learnt...
  • You will have a deeper understanding if you also know:

Discovering:

  • Can you figure it out yourself from these examples?
  • Try to predict the next one aloud or on a mini-whiteboard.
  • Investigate...

Modelling:

  • Here are some examples of people getting it right:
  • Here are some examples of people getting it wrong in typical ways:
  • Here are some more examples. Did they get it right or wrong? Explain how you know!
  • Compare this example with this example..

Discussing:

  • What would this one be? Tell your learning partner (response partner). Convince them you're right.
  • Explain how you know.
  • How would you explain this to someone who was new to it?
  • Key vocabulary for this topic includes:

Explaining:

  • One way to do this is...
  • Another approach might be...
  • A useful shortcut is to...
  • This works because...
    • In this diagram...
    • In this animation...
    • If you make this model...

  • We can prove this works by...
  • It doesn't work when...
  • An exception is...
  • Watch out for...
  • A common mistake is...
  • You can check your result by...

Practicing:

  • Some straightforward examples.
  • Some harder examples.
  • Some mixed examples.
  • Material suitable for learners with accessibility issues.
  • Some non-examples to spot and some mixed questions with redundant, insufficient or contradictory data.
  • You can demonstrate fluency by at least...
  • A suitable homework task is...

Sharing:

  • A web page or wiki I have created to explain this can be found at...
  • A presentation (verbal or digital media) I have created and rehearsed looks like...
  • A poster I have drawn or (2D/3D) model I have made can be seen... (opportunity to respond in variety of VAK modes.)

Assessing:

  • Check you've mastered this skill by...
  • Show you understand by explaining...
  • Prove you're an expert in... by...
  • Self-assess:
    • which ones are you getting right?
    • which ones are you getting wrong
    • why?
    • www: what went well?
    • ebi: even better if...
  • What advice would you give yourself for the next time you try this?
  • Returning to the learning objective/success criteria, ...

Developing:

  • Now research (using ICT, in a library, from this book,...) (the uses of..., the history of..., why..., ideas related to our learning objective, ...) and produce (a report, a presentation, a play, a diagram, a mindmap, a wikipage, ...) to (this) standard.
  • Next we could learn...
  • This leads to...
  • Now try...

last edited: May 10, 2011 8:06 am